{"id":1776,"date":"2013-04-21T19:22:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T19:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2013-04-21T19:22:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T19:22:42","slug":"space-policy-roundup-jwst-costschedule-realities-asteroid-return-strategy-space-at-dc-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1776","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup: JWST cost\/schedule realities + Asteroid return strategy + Space at DC forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Kelly is very skeptical that the James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> will meet its cost and and schedule goals: Space telescope cost, schedule unrealistic – Florida Today<\/a><\/p>\n

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Marcia S. Smith posts a report on comments in the past week by Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, on the rationale behind the NASA interest in an asteroid capture program: Gerstenmaier Elucidates Asteroid Return Strategy – SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Robert Walker<\/a>, former chair of a House science committee,\u00a0 and Scott Pace<\/a>, director of George Washington University\u2019s Space Policy Institute<\/a>, recently spoke on space issues at a forum at the Washington Council on Foreign Relations<\/a><\/p>\n